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NH HB 1062

enacted

authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NH HB 1062 pass?

Yes. NH HB 1062 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-16): Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 289; eff. 9/8/2026

What is NH HB 1062 about?

NH HB 1062 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters.”.

Who sponsors NH HB 1062?

Bob J. Lynn, Bob Lynn are the primary sponsors of NH HB 1062.

Introduced
2025-11-12
Latest action
2026-07-16 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 289; eff. 9/8/2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bob J. Lynnprimary
  • Bob Lynnprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-16

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 289; eff. 9/8/2026

  2. 2026-07-01

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026

  3. 2026-07-01

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 56

  4. 2026-06-29

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 15

    enrolled

  5. 2026-06-04

    Conference Committee Report 2026-2094c: Adopted, RC 196-156 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  6. 2026-06-04

    Conference Committee Report 2026-2094c: Adopted, RC 196-156 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 15

  7. 2026-06-03

    Removed from Consent (Reps. Telerski, Simpson, Lane, Muirhead, Ward, Bay, Newsom, Wallner, B. Sullivan, D. Paige) 06/03/2026 HJ 14

  8. 2026-06-03

    Removed from Consent (Reps. Telerski, Simpson, Lane, Muirhead, Ward, Bay, Newsom, Wallner, B. Sullivan, D. Paige) 06/03/2026 HJ 15 P. 12

  9. 2026-05-29

    Conference Committee Report # 2026-2094c, Adopted, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14

  10. 2026-05-28

    Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2094c; 06/04/2026

  11. 2026-05-28

    Conferee Change: Rep. See Replaces Rep. Wherry 05/28/2026 HJ 14

  12. 2026-05-28

    Conferee Change: Rep. See Replaces Rep. Wherry 05/28/2026 HJ 14 P. 36

  13. 2026-05-27

    Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 09:40 am GP 228

  14. 2026-05-20

    President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  15. 2026-05-20

    Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  16. 2026-05-19

    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Wherry, Harvey-Bolia 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  17. 2026-05-19

    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Wherry, Harvey-Bolia 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 150

  18. 2026-05-19

    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1383s and Requests CofC (Rep. Berry): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  19. 2026-05-19

    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1383s and Requests CofC (Rep. Berry): MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 150

  20. 2026-04-10

    Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1383s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  21. 2026-04-10

    Committee Amendment # 2026-1383s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

  22. 2026-04-08

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1383s, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2026-03-25

    Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:30 am; SC 12

  24. 2026-03-17

    Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7

    introduction,referral-committee

  25. 2026-03-11

    Ought to Pass: MA DV 181-152 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 144

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  26. 2026-03-04

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  27. 2026-03-04

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/17/2026 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 10 P. 40

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2026-02-17

    Executive Session: 02/17/2026 01:40 pm GP 158

  29. 2026-01-29

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 01:40 pm GP 158

  30. 2025-11-12

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 4

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Adopt CofC Report

    2026-06-04 · pass · 196-156

    Member-level votes (387)
    • Phyllis M Katsakiores: yes
    • Mary Jane Wallner: no
    • John B. Hunt: yes
    • Janet G Wall: no
    • Wayne M. Burton: no
    • Gary R Gilmore: no
    • Kenneth L Weyler: yes
    • Gary L. Daniels: yes
    • Sherman A. Packard: other
    • John J Sytek: yes
    • John R Cloutier: no
    • James R MacKay: other
    • Susan W Almy: no
    • Joseph A. Guthrie: yes
    • Peter R Leishman: no
    • Marjorie K. Smith: other
    • Michael D Harrington: yes
    • Charles E McMahon: yes
    • Maureen C. Mooney: other
    • Peter B Schmidt: no
    • Ralph G Boehm: yes
    • Jordan G. Ulery: yes
    • Thomas L Buco: other
    • Jean L. Jeudy: no
    • Lucy McVitty Weber: no
    • Debra L DeSimone: yes
    • Larry G Gagne: yes
    • Timothy O. Horrigan: no
    • Rick M Ladd: yes
    • Carol M McGuire: yes
    • Timothy A. Soucy: no
    • Susan C DeLemus: yes
    • Jack B. Flanagan: yes
    • Gregory G. Hill: yes
    • David C Lundgren: yes
    • Dan McGuire: yes
    • Jeanine M Notter: yes
    • Bill H Ohm: yes
    • Mark L Proulx: yes
    • Brian Seaworth: yes
    • Steven D Smith: yes
    • Marc D Tremblay: yes
    • Mark Warden: yes
    • Dick Ames: no
    • Paul S. Berch: no
    • Peter W Bixby: no
    • Efstathia S Booras: no
    • Michael D Cahill: no
    • Karel A. Crawford: yes
    • Linda A. DiSilvestro: no
    • Karen E Ebel: no
    • Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
    • Martin L. Jack: no
    • Aboul B Khan: yes
    • Dennis J Malloy: no
    • David E Milz: yes
    • Chris Muns: other
    • Skip A. Rollins: yes
    • Thomas C Schamberg: no
    • Joe Sweeney: yes
    • George E Sykes: no
    • Thomas C Walsh: yes
    • Gerald W.R. Ward: no
    • Glen C Aldrich: yes
    • Keith Michael Ammon: yes
    • Lino M Avellani: yes
    • Russell Dumais: other
    • Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
    • Mark McLean: yes
    • Jason M. Osborne: yes
    • John Michael Potucek: yes
    • Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: yes
    • Kimberly A Rice: yes
    • James A Spillane: yes
    • Douglas W. Thomas: yes
    • Len P Turcotte: yes
    • Peter R. Varney: other
    • Michael Vose: yes
    • Patricia Cornell: no
    • Linda R Gould: yes
    • Christopher J. Herbert: other
    • David J. Luneau: no
    • Alexis H Simpson: no
    • Thomas L Southworth: no
    • Michael A Edgar: no
    • Michael I Moffett: yes
    • Barry Faulkner: no
    • Barbara Comtois: yes
    • Jim L Fedolfi: yes
    • Gerald Griffin: yes
    • Lisa M Freeman: yes
    • Richard W. Lascelles: yes
    • Kevin J Scully: yes
    • Andrew J. Prout: yes
    • John A Leavitt: other
    • Kevin G. Verville: yes
    • Jess Edwards: yes
    • Richard P Tripp: other
    • John C Janigian: yes
    • Cathryn A Harvey: no
    • Mark S MacKenzie: no
    • Sue A Newman: no
    • Catherine M Sofikitis: other
    • Beth S. Richards: other
    • Ellen D Read: other
    • Julie D Gilman: no
    • Kate Rushford Murray: no
    • Mark A Pearson: other
    • Kris Schultz: no
    • Charlie G. St. Clair: no
    • Brian M Sullivan: no
    • Anita D Burroughs: no
    • Stephen L Woodcock: no
    • John T MacDonald: yes
    • Jerry M. Stringham: no
    • Sallie D Fellows: no
    • Laurel Stavis: no
    • Keith Erf: yes
    • Nancy A Murphy: no
    • Rosemarie Rung: no
    • Wendy Ellen N Thomas: no
    • Ray E Newman: no
    • Fred E Davis: no
    • Laura Damphousse Telerski: no
    • Matthew B. Wilhelm: no
    • Connie Boyles Lane: no
    • Gary L Woods: no
    • Tom Dolan: yes
    • David C Love: yes
    • Stephen C. Pearson: other
    • Mark A Vallone: no
    • Robert D Harb: yes
    • Charles R Melvin: yes
    • Gaby M Grossman: other
    • Jim V. Maggiore: no
    • David James Meuse: other
    • Terry W Roy: yes
    • Cassandra N Levesque: no
    • Judy F. Aron: yes
    • Megan A Murray: no
    • Kat McGhee: no
    • Joe H. Alexander: yes
    • Paul P Dargie: no
    • Peter Petrigno: no
    • Tom Ploszaj: yes
    • Mike Bordes: other
    • Juliet Harvey-Bolia: yes
    • Douglas R. Trottier: other
    • Jonathan H Smith: yes
    • Chris R McAleer: no
    • Dru Fox: no
    • Lucius Parshall: no
    • James R Qualey: yes
    • Jennifer M Rhodes: yes
    • Arnold G Davis: yes
    • Lex Berezhny: yes
    • Mary A Hakken-Phillips: no
    • Russell Muirhead: no
    • Jim A Kofalt: yes
    • Lisa C.M. Post: yes
    • Ted Gorski: yes
    • Daniel T. Veilleux: no
    • Vanessa L Sheehan: yes
    • Diane E. Kelley: yes
    • Diane Pauer: yes
    • James L Creighton: yes
    • Ross Berry: yes
    • Louise Andrus: yes
    • Tony M Caplan: no
    • Jose E Cambrils: yes
    • Eric B Gallager: no
    • Matthew Pitaro: yes
    • Stephen E. Boyd: yes
    • Paul D Tudor: yes
    • Erica J Layon: yes
    • Julius F Soti: yes
    • Bob J. Lynn: yes
    • Susan J Vandecasteele: yes
    • Melissa A. Litchfield: yes
    • JD Bernardy: yes
    • Mark Paige: other
    • Glenn Bailey: yes
    • Aidan Ankarberg: no
    • Walter Spilsbury: yes
    • Wayne D. MacDonald: yes
    • Paul A Terry: yes
    • Bill Boyd: yes
    • Muriel C Hall: no
    • Catherine A Rombeau: no
    • Jodi L Nelson: yes
    • Cyril Nicholas Aures: yes
    • Deborah Aylward: other
    • Peggy Balboni: no
    • Heather P Baldwin: no
    • Lorie Ball: yes
    • Luz Bay: no
    • Steven T Bogert: other
    • Bill R Bolton: no
    • Richard R Brown: yes
    • Claudine R Burnham: yes
    • Matthew Coker: yes
    • Riché Colcombe: yes
    • Travis James Corcoran: yes
    • Thomas H Cormen: no
    • Hope E Damon: no
    • Will Darby: no
    • William Dolan: other
    • Tanya Donnelly: yes
    • Mike Drago: yes
    • Margaret M Drye: yes
    • Ron C Dunn: yes
    • Susan A Elberger: no
    • Charles H Foote: yes
    • Loren E Foxx: no
    • Nicholas A Germana: no
    • Merryl Gibbs: no
    • Michael E Granger: yes
    • Alicia C Gregg: no
    • Jessica Grill: no
    • Matthew S Hicks: no
    • Molly C Howard: other
    • Heath Howard: no
    • Allan Howland: no
    • Philip M Jones: no
    • Louis C Juris: no
    • Catherine M Kenny: yes
    • Seth King: yes
    • Allison Knab: no
    • Katelyn T Kuttab: yes
    • Jessica Finn LaMontagne: no
    • Nicole M Leapley: no
    • Daniel J LeClerc: no
    • Christal R Lloyd: no
    • Peter Lovett: no
    • Tom D Mannion: yes
    • Dennis Mannion: yes
    • Zoe R Manos: no
    • Lisa R Mazur: yes
    • Valerie E McDonnell: yes
    • Alissandra Murray: no
    • David J Nagel: no
    • Jodi K Newell: no
    • Kristin Noble: yes
    • Mike Ouellet: yes
    • David Paige: no
    • William S Palmer: no
    • Stephanie R Payeur: no
    • Kristine Perez: yes
    • Katy Peternel: yes
    • Yury Polozov: yes
    • Daniel Popovici-Muller: yes
    • Susan M Porcelli: yes
    • Kelley L Potenza: yes
    • Heather Raymond: no
    • Ned Raynolds: no
    • James Leon Roesener: no
    • Linda V Ryan: no
    • Alvin B See: yes
    • Christine Seibert: no
    • Loren Selig: no
    • John Sellers: yes
    • Shane A Sirois: yes
    • Geoffrey Smith: other
    • Carry Spier: no
    • Kathy Staub: no
    • Jared Sullivan: no
    • James Summers: other
    • Trinidad Tellez: no
    • Jeffrey Tenczar: yes
    • Eric S Turer: no
    • David E Walker: yes
    • Lilli M Walsh: yes
    • Jonah Orion Wheeler: yes
    • Robert J Wherry: yes
    • Clayton D Wood: yes
    • Dick H Thackston: yes
    • James W Tierney: yes
    • Brian D Cole: yes
    • Mike S Belcher: yes
    • Marc W Plamondon: no
    • David Fracht: no
    • Paige Beauchemin: no
    • Sean C Durkin: yes
    • Erik R Johnson: no
    • Jennifer Mandelbaum: other
    • Michael Aron: yes
    • Liz F Barbour: yes
    • Joseph J Barton: yes
    • Calvin Beaulier: yes
    • Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
    • Dan H Bergeron: other
    • Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
    • Tracy Anne Bricchi: no
    • Nicholas D. Bridle: yes
    • Pam Brown: yes
    • Scott R Bryer: yes
    • Manoj Chourasia: no
    • Suzanne L Chretien: no
    • Eleana Marie Colby: no
    • Erica R de Vries: no
    • Denise DeDe-Poulin: yes
    • Susan G DeRoy: yes
    • Sayra Lynn DeVito: yes
    • Ricky J Devoid: yes
    • Matt Drew: yes
    • Dillon J Dumont: yes
    • Pierre M Dupont: yes
    • Myles England: no
    • Samuel G Farrington: yes
    • Mary J Ford: yes
    • Lily M Foss: no
    • Linda Franz: yes
    • Mary Ngwanda Georges: no
    • Henry R Giasson: yes
    • Dale R Girard: yes
    • Ernesto L Gonzalez: yes
    • George C Grant: yes
    • James Gruber: no
    • Stephanie Grund: no
    • James H Guzofski: yes
    • Robley Hall: yes
    • Joseph Hamblen: yes
    • Tim Hartnett: no
    • Karen A Hegner: no
    • Wayne J Hemingway: yes
    • Samantha Jacobs: no
    • Sly Karasinski: yes
    • Eileen S Kelly: no
    • Erin Kerwin: no
    • Steven Kesselring: yes
    • Lee Ann Kluger: no
    • Lori E Korzen: yes
    • Brian H Labrie: yes
    • John H Larochelle: no
    • Patrick N Long: no
    • Darrell A Louis: other
    • Janet Marie Lucas: no
    • Amy L Malone: no
    • Tim E Mannion: other
    • Sanjeev K Manohar: no
    • Jay D Markell: yes
    • Rita G Mattson: yes
    • Donald S McFarlane: yes
    • Linda McGrath: yes
    • Peter L. Mehegan: yes
    • Julie Miles: yes
    • Seth B Miller: no
    • Laurence A Miner: other
    • Sheri Minor: other
    • Pete Morency: yes
    • Bryan Morse: other
    • Mary Murphy: yes
    • Denis Vincent Murphy: yes
    • Brian G Nadeau: yes
    • Rich M Nalevanko: yes
    • James Newsom: no
    • Terri O'Rorke: no
    • Thomas Oppel: no
    • Kathleen Paquette: yes
    • Wayne Pearson: no
    • Raymond C. Peeples: yes
    • Raymond S Plante: yes
    • Adam Joseph Presa: yes
    • Sherri L Reinfurt: yes
    • Ellen B Rockmore: no
    • Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière: yes
    • Santosh Salvi: no
    • Gregory M Sargent: no
    • Buzz Scherr: no
    • John Schneller: yes
    • Donald Evan Selby: other
    • Jeremy Slottje: yes
    • Jim Snodgrass: no
    • Carrie Sorensen: no
    • Terry Spahr: other
    • John Joseph Stone: other
    • John W. Suiter: yes
    • Dale Swanson: no
    • Brian R. Taylor: yes
    • James R Thibault: yes
    • Travis J Toner: other
    • Alice Wade: no
    • Toni Weinstein: no
    • Vicki A Wilson: yes
    • Billie Butler: no
    • Bobbi Boudman: yes
    • David John Preece: no

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1483&inflect=2

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